Fishhook

Unidentified Tongan maker

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Shell, horn, wood, and fiber

Overall: 2 3/4 × 1 3/16 × 9/16 in. (7 × 3 × 1.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont

999.44.33932

Geography

Place Made: Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Inscriptions

no inscription

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